Great memories from a fantastic ECTS Academy networking event 🎄🤝
Thank you to everyone who made it so special!

Wishing all our followers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year — see you in 2026 for more learning, collaboration, and connection ✨🎉

@ectssociety.bsky.social Young Academy met in Potsdam 🇩🇪 for our retreat—celebrating progress, planning #ECTS2026, and empowering young bone researchers! 💪🧠

Welcoming the newest addition to our Academy in 2025! Eva, a brilliant postdoc, is set to explore the mechanisms of aging-related diseases. She's undaunted by complex particle accelerators, yet finds traditional pH meters puzzling... 🤔 Thrilled to have you, Eva! #Research #Innovation

Applications for the ECTS Academy are now open! Are you, or someone you know, a dedicated early-career researcher or clinician in the musculoskeletal field? This is your chance to join a community of future leaders. Deadline: 16 Nov 2025. Basic: buff.ly/DAWdYai; Clinical: buff.ly/O7VmKlY

Morten 🇩🇰, a young MD PhD, navigates the crossroads of cellular science 🧑‍🔬 and patient care 👨‍⚕️, intrigued by #Sclerostin and how weight loss affects #Musculoskeletal balance. When time permits, he indulges in football and beers. Any Liverpool supporters here? #FootballFan

Federica will be part of our team in 2025! As a Principal Investigator in Pisa 🇮🇹, she excels in using Mass Spectrometry for translational research, aiming to discover new biomarkers and treatments for musculoskeletal disorders. Another pizza enthusiast 🍕 in our crew! #MassSpectrometry #Biomarkers

The moment has arrived to welcome the newest members of our Academy. To begin, we introduce Nikola Stokovic from Croatia 🇭🇷 . Nikola is passionate about crafting applications for bone 🦴 regeneration using #BMPs, all while savoring a delightful Mediterranean pizza 🍕 ! Be sure you check his ID card 👀!

And we have a winner of our first #ECTSAcademy2025 Photo Competition!!! Vivi Mäkinen receives the award from Charlotte Verroken. 🎉🥳 #ECTS2025

Jelena Jadzic is the recipient of the Poster Forum Basic Award! Congratulations! The award is presented by Christina Andreasen and Felix von Brackel #ECTS2025

Congratulations Elizabeth Orhadje to win the Clinical Poster Forum!!! Academy members @jakobstaruplinde.bsky.social and Charlotte Verroken handing in the award #ECTS2025

To wrap up the day, we've organized an energetic Curling charity event, held in the Orangerie at Congress. From 20.30 onwards, attendees can participate in an ice stock competition and contribute to "Osteogenesis Imperfecta Austria." Get your sport shoes and meet us over there #ECTS2025

For #ECTS2025, the ECTS Young Academy as set a Photo Competition!
Take a fun picture of yourself with something that symbolizes bones or calcium. For example, you could snap a picture of yourself drinking 🥛 , eating 🧀 , or even something totally unexpected! The more creative, the better!

We hope everyone is doing wonderfully! In the upcoming days, we'll be sharing a variety of initiatives organized by the ECTS #Young #Academy that will occur during #ECTS2025. Whether you're attending the Conference in #Innsbruck 🇦🇹 or not, stay tuned for updates!

Just one week before the start of the @ectssociety.bsky.social annual conference! #ECTS2025. Take a look at all the activities organized by our Academy. As always, our focus will be on providing invaluable opportunities for early career researchers to connect, learn, and grow. #PhD #MSK #Charity